Context - Army Day Special Feature: Five facts about Nepal's 'blue helmets' in UN-peacekeeping missions

Today is Maha Shivaratri festival, the festival dedicated to Lord Shiva. The Nepali Army has been marking the day as the Army Day. Nepali Army is appreciated for its admirable role in maintaining peace in some of the conflict hotspots of the world. It would be appropriate to highlight the national army's this aspect on the occasion of the Army Day today.

Among the various global peace initiatives led by the United Nations (UN), peacekeeping is one of them. Nepal Army has been an integral and leading section of Nepal's presence at the UN peacekeeping missions deployed by the UN under its specified department called Department of Peace Operations. From Asia to Africa to Caribbean, Nepal Army has made an indomitable mark in UN-led peacekeeping missions worldwide.